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I don't even watch Paula Deen anymore because I can't eat anything she makes. Most of it looks delicious but....

I found a recipe in our local paper the other day for Candied Bacon. You take a pound of bacon, mix it with a cup of brown sugar, spread on a pan and bake until brown. Since both too much fat and too much sugar makes me sick, I can't even imagine what this dish would do to me!

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I remember putting maple syrup on bacon or sausage when they were served with pancakes in my younger days and thinking it was really delicious, but I'm smarter now.

I *still* love bacon in the syrup runoff from my pancakes. I figure since we only have pancakes a few times a year, doing that every once in awhile won't kill me. I'm somewhat particular about my bacon preparation, so...

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There is a restaurant here that does "Praline Bacon". It is candied with brown sugar and chopped pecans. It is TO DIE FOR. But, I can't eat much of it either or often. My husband who thinks bacon was handed down from heaven, thought he WAS in heaven eating that bacon.

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Chili and cornbread tonight.

What is it about snow that makes you eat and eat and eat? 3 days of this and we have been through 2 lbs of bacon, 2 dozen eggs, 2 loaves of bread, a roast chicken, stuffing and potatos, chicken and dumplings, 2 pans of brownies and a red velvet cake, sandwiches, cheese and crackers and an entire small jar of peanut butter.

Kids are STILL out of school, but husband went to work today finally. I feel like a hibernating bear as we have done nothing but eat and sleep. Got to have this snow melt, or I'm going to LOOK like a bear.

But honestly, there are only so many hours of tv, reading and games you can take and cooking is actually getting up and moving around.

But I swear, after tonight and the leftovers are gone, we are all going to eat yogurt and salad.

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I've never had chili with cornbread. It never even occurred to me but, then again, I'm not a "breaddie", either.

When I was in college, there was this little hole-in-the-wall restaurant that always had a lunch/dinner line that stretched out the door and across the parking lot. The food was home-cooking, and to die for! Seconds were free! They always served this fried cornbread straight off the griddle (that looks like pancakes) that I could never get enough of. You could have as much of that as you wanted, too. It was a great place for college students; every meal cost between $2-$3. I've not had any of that kind of cornbread since I left college. Happy memories.